Chapter 1

Question 1

What does Essential mean in nutrition?

Answer 1

A nutrient that is necessary and can only be obtained through your diet

Question 2

What is the #1 Cause of Death?

Answer 2

Heart Disease

Question 3

What is the #2 Cause of Death?

Answer 3

Cancer

Question 4

What is the #3 Cause of Death?

Answer 4

Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease

Question 5

What is the #4 Cause of Death?

Answer 5

Accidents

Question 6

What is the #5 Cause of Death?

Answer 6

Stroke

Question 7

What is the #6 Cause of Death

Answer 7

Alzheimer’s Disease

Question 8

What of the 6 leading causes of death are related to food intake?

Answer 8

Heart Disease, Cancer, Stroke, & Alzheimer’s Disease

Question 9

What are the 6 Major Nutrients?

Answer 9

Carbohydrates, Proteins, Fats/Oils, Vitamins, Minerals, & Water

Question 10

What are the energy providing nutrients?

Answer 10

Carbs, Fats, & Protein

Question 11

How many kcals in Carbohydrates?

Answer 11

4kcal per gram

Question 12

How many kcals in Fats?

Answer 12

9kcal per gram

Question 13

How many kcals in Protein?

Answer 13

4kcal per gram

Question 14

How many kcals in Alcohol?

Answer 14

7kcal per gram

Question 15

What does a kcal do?

Answer 15

It gives energy to the body and 1kcal can raise water 1 degree Celsius

Question 16

What are the regulatory/micronutrients?

Answer 16

Vitamins and minerals, water is regulatory but not a micronutrient

Question 17

What are the steps in the scientific method?

Answer 17

Observations, hypothesis, Research experiments conducted, results evaluated and reported in publication, follow-up experiments, hypothesis accepted or rejected.

Question 18

What is a Sham Treatment?

Answer 18

When people are given a harmless medication/placebo in place of actual tested medication

Question 19

What is a blinded experiment?

Answer 19

When the subjects don’t know they are in the experiment.

Question 20

What is Anecdotal Evidence?

Answer 20

Evidence that is interesting but is not scientific. There can be no conclusions drawn from it.

Question 21

What is a control group?

Answer 21

A group where all the subjects are similar in every aspect.

Question 22

What is it called when two factors increase in an experiment?

Answer 22

A direct positive

Question 23

What is an intervention study?

Answer 23

When the influences cannot be controlled or there are limitations that affect the quality of the study

Question 24

What are the types of studies?

Answer 24

Case Control, Laboratory Animal Studies, Human Studies, Epidemiological (population based), Observational

Question 25

What are the two types of observational studies?

Answer 25

Cross sectional- looks at one point in time
Cohort- follows a group over time
-Prospective (future)
-Retrospective (past)